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Marcus, Belle

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: August 7, 1928 - December 18, 2018

Biography

_Belle Marcus was the former director of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society from 1977 - 1982.

She was born in Toronto to Ida and Israel Freeman, well-read and self-taught immigrants. She earned her bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Toronto, and went on a work-study tour of Israel, where she met her husband, Jack Marcus. They married within a year and moved to Denver. Upon her retirement from JHS, the couple moved to Pompano Beach, Florida.The couple had two children, Debra Marcus Rowe and Ron Marcus.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oral History Interview with Louis Cook, 1977 July 6

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00011
Abstract Louis Cook discusses his father's emigration from Russia and describes Jewish life on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado in the early 1900s. He also discusses Cook's Russian Bath House that his parents Harry and Ida operated and the Cook's Bath baseball team, the early Hebrew Education Alliance, and his early career as a newsboy. Louis Cook was born May 8, 1895 in Denver, Colorado, where he lived all of his life. He married Susie Finer in 1918. Cook was one of the founders of the Hebrew...
Dates: 1977 July 6

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